Hello!!
I had an absolutely great week. My companion and I, sister Urbina get
along so well and we have so much fun! We were able to teach a lot of
people this week! We have someone on date for baptism this Friday and
we are so excited for him!!! We also were able to go to zone
conference and have discussions given by the AP's, elder Johnson, and
president & sister griffin. I love going to zone conference because
I'm able to see a lot of missionaries from the mission!
Go watch Missionary work and the atonement!!!
I highly recommend that you all watch this video. Elder Hollands
snippet got me into tears from the first 2 minutes. So far my whole
mission has been about bringing souls to Christ. What a wonderful
thing to be doing and to be apart of! I truly have grown so much over
these past 6 months.
I talk about it quite a lot, but I know that families are made from
God. I know that families can be together forever, and that we will be
able to see our loved ones again. It's never easy to lose a loved one,
a friend, someone you look up to. But, it does happen and it is hard.
There's a really great talk given by Merrill J Bateman and he spoke in
the April 1995 General Conference. His talk was titled "The power to
heal from within" he talks about death and how heaven only exists if
families are eternal. Isn't that we all want though? To be with our
families for forever? That's what I want! Surely when I die, I want to
be able to see my loved ones once again.
He says:
"Death teaches that we do not experience a fulness of joy in mortality
and that everlasting joy can be achieved only with the assistance of
the Master (see D&C 93:33–34). Just as the lame man at the pool of
Bethesda needed someone stronger than himself to be healed (see John
5:1–9), so we are dependent on the miracles of Christ’s atonement if
our souls are to be made whole from grief, sorrow, and sin. If
grieving parents and loved ones have faith in the Savior and his plan,
death’s sting is softened as Jesus bears the believers’ grief and
comforts them through the Holy Spirit. Through Christ, broken hearts
are mended and peace replaces anxiety and sorrow. Last week I received
a letter from the boy’s parents telling me the peace they have found
through their faith in Christ. They know that they will see their son
again and be with him in the eternities. As Isaiah stated concerning
the Savior, “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:
… And with his stripes we are healed” (Isa. 53:4–5)."
At the end he talks about receiving a letter from "the boy's" parents,
he's talking about his friend who had recently lost his son due to a
car accident. I love reading things like this because it gives me
hope, strength, and the ability to turn to my savior when I need him
the most.
It's really cool when you start to realize so many things about the
world when you aren't even in the world!
I love being a missionary :)
Love you all!!
-Sister Arnold
I had an absolutely great week. My companion and I, sister Urbina get
along so well and we have so much fun! We were able to teach a lot of
people this week! We have someone on date for baptism this Friday and
we are so excited for him!!! We also were able to go to zone
conference and have discussions given by the AP's, elder Johnson, and
president & sister griffin. I love going to zone conference because
I'm able to see a lot of missionaries from the mission!
Go watch Missionary work and the atonement!!!
I highly recommend that you all watch this video. Elder Hollands
snippet got me into tears from the first 2 minutes. So far my whole
mission has been about bringing souls to Christ. What a wonderful
thing to be doing and to be apart of! I truly have grown so much over
these past 6 months.
I talk about it quite a lot, but I know that families are made from
God. I know that families can be together forever, and that we will be
able to see our loved ones again. It's never easy to lose a loved one,
a friend, someone you look up to. But, it does happen and it is hard.
There's a really great talk given by Merrill J Bateman and he spoke in
the April 1995 General Conference. His talk was titled "The power to
heal from within" he talks about death and how heaven only exists if
families are eternal. Isn't that we all want though? To be with our
families for forever? That's what I want! Surely when I die, I want to
be able to see my loved ones once again.
He says:
"Death teaches that we do not experience a fulness of joy in mortality
and that everlasting joy can be achieved only with the assistance of
the Master (see D&C 93:33–34). Just as the lame man at the pool of
Bethesda needed someone stronger than himself to be healed (see John
5:1–9), so we are dependent on the miracles of Christ’s atonement if
our souls are to be made whole from grief, sorrow, and sin. If
grieving parents and loved ones have faith in the Savior and his plan,
death’s sting is softened as Jesus bears the believers’ grief and
comforts them through the Holy Spirit. Through Christ, broken hearts
are mended and peace replaces anxiety and sorrow. Last week I received
a letter from the boy’s parents telling me the peace they have found
through their faith in Christ. They know that they will see their son
again and be with him in the eternities. As Isaiah stated concerning
the Savior, “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:
… And with his stripes we are healed” (Isa. 53:4–5)."
At the end he talks about receiving a letter from "the boy's" parents,
he's talking about his friend who had recently lost his son due to a
car accident. I love reading things like this because it gives me
hope, strength, and the ability to turn to my savior when I need him
the most.
It's really cool when you start to realize so many things about the
world when you aren't even in the world!
I love being a missionary :)
Love you all!!
-Sister Arnold
Held a baby on my mission. It's a rule no baby holding😕
